List of presidents of the United States

The complete list of Presidents of the United States consists of the 42 heads of state in the history of the United States. The list includes only those persons who were sworn into office as President of the United States following the ratification of the United States Constitution, which took effect in 1789. For American leaders prior to this ratification, see President of the United States in Congress Assembled (under the Articles of Confederation), and President of the Continental Congress. The list does not include any Acting Presidents under Amendment XXV of the U.S. Constitution.

The numbering reflects the uninterrupted time in office served by a single person. For example, George Washington served two consecutive terms and is counted as the first president (not the first and second). Gerald Ford assumed the presidency after the resignation of Richard Nixon, serving out the remainder of what would have been Nixon's second term. The fact that Ford was not voted into office does not affect the numbering, which makes him the 38th president. Grover Cleveland served two non-consecutive terms and is counted as both the 22^nd and the 24^th U.S. President. Because of this, the list below contains 43 presidencies, but only 42 people.

The colors indicate the political party affiliation of each President.

#	President		Took office	Left office	Party	Vice President	Term
1	George Washington		April 30 1789	March 3 1797	none (Federalist policies)	John Adams	1
							2
2	John Adams		March 4 1797	March 3 1801	Federalist	Thomas Jefferson	3
3	Thomas Jefferson		March 4 1801	March 3 1809	Democratic-Republican	Aaron Burr	4
						George Clinton	5
4	James Madison		March 4 1809	March 3 1817	Democratic-Republican	George ClintonTemplate:Ref D vacant	6
						Elbridge GerryTemplate:Ref D vacant	7
5	James Monroe		March 4 1817	March 3 1825	Democratic-Republican	Daniel Tompkins	8
							9
6	John Q. Adams		March 4 1825	March 3 1829	Democratic-Republican	John Calhoun	10
7	Andrew Jackson	File:Andrew jackson head.gif	March 4 1829	March 3 1837	Democrat	John CalhounTemplate:Ref R vacant	11
						Martin Van Buren	12
8	Martin Van Buren		March 4 1837	March 3 1841	Democrat	Richard Johnson	13
9	William Harrison		March 4 1841	April 4 1841Template:Ref D	Whig	John Tyler	14
10	John Tyler		April 4 1841	March 3 1845	WhigTemplate:Ref W	vacant
11	James Polk		March 4 1845	March 3 1849	Democrat	George Dallas	15
12	Zachary Taylor		March 4 1849	July 9 1850Template:Ref D	Whig	Millard Fillmore	16
13	Millard Fillmore		July 9 1850	March 3 1853	Whig	vacant
14	Franklin Pierce		March 4 1853	March 3 1857	Democrat	William KingTemplate:Ref D vacant	17
15	James Buchanan		March 4 1857	March 3 1861	Democrat	John Breckinridge	18
16	Abraham Lincoln		March 4 1861	April 15 1865Template:Ref A	Republican	Hannibal Hamlin	19
						Andrew JohnsonTemplate:Ref U	20
17	Andrew Johnson		April 15 1865	March 3 1869	DemocratTemplate:Ref U	vacant
18	Ulysses Grant		March 4 1869	March 3 1877	Republican	Schuyler Colfax	21
						Henry WilsonTemplate:Ref D vacant	22
19	Rutherford Hayes		March 4 1877	March 3 1881	Republican	William Wheeler	23
20	James Garfield		March 4 1881	September 19 1881Template:Ref A	Republican	Chester Arthur	24
21	Chester Arthur		September 19 1881	March 3 1885	Republican	vacant
22	Grover Cleveland		March 4 1885	March 3 1889	Democrat	Thomas HendricksTemplate:Ref D vacant	25
23	Benjamin Harrison		March 4 1889	March 3 1893	Republican	Levi Morton	26
24	Grover Cleveland (2nd time)		March 4 1893	March 3 1897	Democrat	Adlai E. Stevenson	27
25	William McKinley		March 4 1897	September 14 1901Template:Ref A	Republican	Garret HobartTemplate:Ref D vacant	28
						Theodore Roosevelt	29
26	Theodore Roosevelt		September 14 1901	March 3 1909	Republican	vacant
						Charles Fairbanks	30
27	William Taft		March 4 1909	March 3 1913	Republican	James ShermanTemplate:Ref D vacant	31
28	Woodrow Wilson		March 4 1913	March 3 1921	Democrat	Thomas Marshall	32
							33
29	Warren Harding		March 4 1921	August 2 1923Template:Ref D	Republican	Calvin Coolidge	34
30	Calvin Coolidge	File:Ccool.jpg	August 2 1923	March 3 1929	Republican	vacant
						Charles Dawes	35
31	Herbert Hoover		March 4 1929	March 3 1933	Republican	Charles Curtis	36
32	Franklin Roosevelt		March 4 1933	April 12 1945Template:Ref D	Democrat	John Garner	37
							38
						Henry Wallace	39
						Harry Truman	40
33	Harry Truman		April 12 1945	January 20 1953	Democrat	vacant
						Alben Barkley	41
34	Dwight Eisenhower		January 20 1953	January 20 1961	Republican	Richard Nixon	42
							43
35	John Kennedy	File:JFKofficial.jpg	January 20 1961	November 22 1963Template:Ref A	Democrat	Lyndon Johnson	44
36	Lyndon Johnson		November 22 1963	January 20 1969	Democrat	vacant
						Hubert Humphrey	45
37	Richard Nixon	File:Nixon 30-0316a.gif	January 20 1969	August 9 1974Template:Ref R	Republican	Spiro Agnew	46
						Spiro AgnewTemplate:Ref R vacant Gerald Ford	47
38	Gerald Ford	File:Jerryford.jpg	August 9 1974	January 20 1977	Republican	vacant Nelson Rockefeller
39	Jimmy Carter	File:Presidentcarter.jpg	January 20 1977	January 20 1981	Democrat	Walter Mondale	48
40	Ronald Reagan		January 20 1981	January 20 1989	Republican	George H. W. Bush	49
							50
41	George H. W. Bush	File:Georgebush.jpg	January 20 1989	January 20 1993	Republican	Dan Quayle	51
42	Bill Clinton		January 20 1993	January 20 2001	Democrat	Al Gore	52
							53
43	George W. Bush		January 20 2001	Present	Republican	Richard Cheney	54
							55

• Left office early:

Template:Ref A Assassinated.

Template:Ref D Died in office of natural causes.

Template:Ref R Resigned.

• Ran on other party's ticket:

Template:Ref U Democrat who ran on Union ticket with Republican Lincoln.

Template:Ref W Democrat on Whig ticket.

See also

• Inaugural Addresses of the Presidents of the United States

Sources

• Frank Freidel and Hugh S. Sidey, "The Presidents of the United States". The White House.
• Robert S. Summers, "POTUS: Presidents of the United States". Internet Public Library.